Intimate Disclosures
Religion, Poetry, Sexuality, Illusion, Reality, and Pervading Nostalgia
Fiction & Literature, Poetry
| Author: | Lawrence W. Manglitz | ISBN: | 9781524565725 |
| Publisher: | Xlibris US | Publication: | January 10, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Xlibris US | Language: | English |
| Author: | Lawrence W. Manglitz |
| ISBN: | 9781524565725 |
| Publisher: | Xlibris US |
| Publication: | January 10, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Xlibris US |
| Language: | English |
This book contains selections of poetry and prose from the work of an aging Midwestern manlooking back at people, events, sexual experiences and cultures, and the church that has formed him. The content draws on his childhood, family, World War I and II, and summers in Spain. The Villa in the Algarve, Portugal, teaching in Turkey, two gay poets,, and his revisioning of the myths, history, rituals, and the incarnation of his Catholic faith as he lives and approaches his death. He embraces the gift of life and the wonder of consciousness. Written with vivid imagery and unusual events in free verse, this will give you a fresh vision, sometimes startling, always disclosing the intimacy and consciousness of personal life.
This book contains selections of poetry and prose from the work of an aging Midwestern manlooking back at people, events, sexual experiences and cultures, and the church that has formed him. The content draws on his childhood, family, World War I and II, and summers in Spain. The Villa in the Algarve, Portugal, teaching in Turkey, two gay poets,, and his revisioning of the myths, history, rituals, and the incarnation of his Catholic faith as he lives and approaches his death. He embraces the gift of life and the wonder of consciousness. Written with vivid imagery and unusual events in free verse, this will give you a fresh vision, sometimes startling, always disclosing the intimacy and consciousness of personal life.
